"the consumer embryo begins to develop during the first year of existance. children begin thier consumer journey in infancy and they certainly deserve consideration as consumers at that time" - James U McNeal - Pioneering Youth Marketer
Welcome to the future. Were all labrats to some of these people.
"These Companies [youth marketers] are very similar to pedifiles" - (From the movie consuming kids)
So I'm up late doing some work now and browsing the facebook "do you like me" application and listening to this
It made me think. What am I looking for exactly? A love so deep, so true that I could possibly find at the lonlinest hour of the night. I mean how much of our thoughts are wrapped up in finding true love. This perfect love that will sweep us off our feet.
I know of people who have invested thier time money and lives only to see this fail them. I know of people who have taken chances on love in long distance relationships that span the globe with partners millions of miles away. Why? Is it a garantee? Can it fullfill our deepest longings? Does it ever? Is it not just another human with faults and failings such as ours? Now don't think I'm a pessimist. I'm not. After being single for 27 years I had my first relationship. I am now 29. I think of myself as a romantic guy. But I question the almost unearthly commitment to something that never does what people expect it to do.
It makes me think we are longing for something deeper. Something more...
It's funny because there is a song by U2 that goes like this...
I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I have climbed the highest mountains I have run through the fields Only to be with you Only to be with you
I have run I have crawled I have scaled these city walls Only to be with you But I still haven't found What I'm looking for But I still haven't found What I'm looking for
I have kissed honey lips Felt the healing in her fingertips It burned like fire This burning desire I have spoke with the tongue of angels I have held the hand of a devil It was warm in the night I was cold as a stone But I still haven't found What I'm looking for But I still haven't found What I'm looking for
I believe in the Kingdom Come Then all the colors will bleed into one But yes I'm still running. You broke the bonds You loosened the chains You carried the cross And my shame And my shame You know I believed it But I still haven't found What I'm looking for But I still haven't found What I'm looking for
The last bit really cuts deep.
You broke the bonds You loosened the chains You carried the cross And my shame And my shame You know I believed it But I still haven't found What I'm looking for But I still haven't found What I'm looking for
It is what I think makes this song so powerful. How many of us as Christians cannot say this is true. It like this... God stepped down from heaven became a man. Was crucified. Swallowed up the damnation of hell so we dont ever have to go there. Rose again and Ascended to heaven to prepare a place for us to be with him forever.
He calls those who truly follow him sons. He says that one day we will be with him and he did all this because he loves us. As david crowder put it......
Heaven Came down
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul When at the cross my Savior made me whole My sins were washed away And my night was turned to day When heaven came down and glory filled my soul
O, what a wonderful, wonderful day Day I will never forget When I was wandering in darkness away Jesus my Savior I met
O, what a tender compassionate Friend He met the need of my heart Shadows dispelling with joy I am telling He made all the darkness depart
O, what a wonderful, wonderful day, yeah, today And O, what a glorious, glorious day The day You came, came to save me O, what a wonderful, wonderful day The day You came and You saved me
I pray that we all let the Passion of our Lord fill us when we are at our lonliest hour. Even if that is everyday. Why? Because on that cross he was lonlinesss so that one day we would neverhave to feel it EVER again. It's worth it. Keep going. It's worth it....
